Alphabetical Archive – Viletones: “Screaming Fist” (1977)

Toronto, ON, Canada / 102.1 the Edge

July 10, 2015 07:30 pm

Depending on who you ask, the first punk rock single to be release in Canada was either “Red Rubber Ball” by the Diodes or this indie single from Steve “Nazi Dog” Leckie and the Viletones. Whatever the case, both came out within days of each other in May 1977. And if you’re a fan cyberpunk author William Gibson, you may have noticed that he references “Screaming Fist” in the pages of his groundbreaking 1984 novel, Neuromancer.